The graphical design on offer is brilliant. This happens a couple of times in the course Little Nightmares II’s seven to nine hours, and it is a frustrating exercise in patience. Upon death, you’re put back at the start of the section, but this too can be erratic sometimes it’s exactly where you died, other times it requires you to traipse long hallways and run a gauntlet of enemies that jump out at you, only for you to swing your weapon at the wrong time, die, and have to do it all over again. Each enemy requires multiple hits to put out of commission, but Mono can receive only one before it’s game over. Overall, it’s a nice addition, but there are certain sections where enemies swarm you, and their varying attack patterns must be memorised to beat them. Playing a minor role throughout, the combat can be hit or miss. And leave yourself open you will, as Mono’s attack animations are deliberately slow to make combat tenser, according to Bandai Namco’s Lucas Roussel. There are different enemy types, and they have different attack patterns some will charge at you requiring you to be quick, others will feign an attack but jump back at the last second, goading you into swinging and leaving yourself open. In the same way you can pick up sticks to set off traps - holding the right trigger/R2 and pressing A/X to swing - you can also pick up other items like pipes and smash your way through half-broken doors, or enemies. The rewards for these puzzles are always either a golden key or a fuse, both either opening locks or getting electricity to doors and elevators so that you can progress on to new areas.Ĭombat is another new addition. Little Nightmares II will most certainly cause you to rack your brain with some very clever puzzles. Another one has you interacting with a board game’s pieces, and requires knowledge of that specific game. You have to notice subtleties more, like a box in the background that has barely visible marks on the floor in front of it indicating it can be moved. Generally, the puzzles require more thinking than the original’s, too. It’s a fascinating world to explore, and the game’s developer, Tarsier Studios, made the right decision getting us off the ship and into the wider world. In addition to the aforementioned school, there are dark and trap-filled forests, derelict buildings, water-logged streets, and other unique places with their own themes. While the original game’s ship setting was good, the new city-and-surrounds setting of Little Nightmares II allows for more varied experiences.

The teacher has a neck that extends like Stretch Armstrong, and it can snake around the room and find you as you hide under tables or in boxes - spooky. Take the school and the schoolteacher from the already-released footage, for example.

Just like the original game, the game is split into soft “sections,” each having a theme and a “boss” related to that theme. Speaking of citizens, he isn’t the only threat.

Dressed in mid-20th century attire and living atop the mysterious Signal Tower, he captivates the citizens of the city via televisions. This new world has a new threat: The Thin Man. And like the first game, it’s surreal nature means you’re intentionally left in the dark when it comes to motivation, purpose and meaning. It’s a welcome change to have the added dynamism of a co-op partner, albeit an AI, and it changes the feeling of the game to one of exploration, as opposed to the original’s survival mission. But it isn’t long before you have a companion - Six, the yellow-raincoated girl from the first game, who helps boost you to out-of-reach places or pull objects that are too heavy for just one person. That’s as much as you’re given before embarking on this journey. You are Mono, and you awaken in a dark and gloomy wood, alone.

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